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What’s on

From 5pm, there will be street entertainment and competitions running in and around Queen Victoria Square.

Visitors will be greeted with characters including stilt walkers dressed as a magical Snow Queen, white winter birds and a winter explorer.

Musicians will play in Jameson Street, King Edward Street, King Edward Square and Queen Victoria Square.

Free glow sticks and snow flake head boppers for children will be given away.

Hull will be bathed in white light this Christmas

A spectacular ice sculpture centrepiece will be carved live by in King Edward Street into the shape of a sleigh, before visitors have the opportunity to hop on and have photographs taken with Father Christmas.

A specially composed soundtrack will play in Queen Victoria Square throughout the evening. The work includes sounds gathered from Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Sami people of the far north.

At 6.30pm, the lights will be turned-on. As the city lights-up, a spectacular firework display will launch over Queen Victoria Square.

Nayan Kulkarni, the artist who presented Blade to the world at the beginning of Hull’s year as UK City of Culture, has also been specially commissioned to bring a star-themed lighting scheme into Queen Victoria Square with Hull City Hall, Ferens Art Gallery and the Maritime Museum all decorated in light.

The lights will be switched on on November 23 (Image: Hull Daily Mail)

Kulkarni is also working on permanent artistic lighting as part of Hull City Council’s UK City of Culture legacy programme, to be unveiled early in the New Year.

We’ll be bringing you all the action from Hull’s 2017 Christmas lights switch-on online and in print.

Beverley's Christmas lights

Beverley's Christmas lights will also be turned on during the evening of Thursday, November 23.